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Press Release (Dec 18,2011)
Plant Status of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (as of 3:00 pm, December 18)
 
* Updates are underlined. 
All 6 units of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station have been shut down.
Unit 1 (Shut down) 
- Explosive sound and white smoke were confirmed after the big quake
  occurred at 3:36 pm on March 12. It was assumed to be hydrogen explosion.
- At 3:37 pm on March 25, we started injecting freshwater to the reactor
  and are now injecting fresh water by a motor driven pump powered by the
  off-site transmission line. 
- At 10:11 am on December 10, in addition to water injection from water
  feeding system, we started water injection from piping of core spray
  system to the reactor.
  The current water injection volume is approx 4.7 m3/h from the reactor
  feed water system and approx. 2.0 m3/h from the core spray system.
- We commenced injection of nitrogen gas into Primary Containment Vessel
  at 1:31 am on April 7.
- At 11:22 am on August 10, we started cyclic cooling for the water in the
  spent fuel pool by an alternative cooling equipment of the Fuel Pool
  Cooling and Filtering System. 
- On October 28, we completed installation of the cover for the Reactor
  Building in order to contain dispersion of radioactive substances.
- At 4:04 pm on November 30, we started operation to inject nitrogen into
  the reactor pressure vessel. 
Unit 2 (Shut down) 
- At approximately 6:00 am on March 15, an abnormal noise began emanating
  from nearby Pressure Suppression Chamber and the pressure within the
  chamber decreased. 
- At 10:10 am on March 26, we started injecting freshwater to the reactor
  and are now injecting fresh water by a motor driven pump powered by the
  off-site transmission line. 
- At 2:59 pm on September 14, in addition to water injection from water
  feeding system, we started water injection from piping of core spray
  system to the reactor.
  The current water injection volume is approx. 2.7 m3/h from the reactor
  feed water system and approx. 6 m3/h from the core spray system. 
- At 5:21 pm on May 31, we started cyclic cooling for the water in the
  spent fuel pool by an alternative cooling equipment of the Fuel Pool
  Cooling and Filtering System. 
- At 8:06 pm on June 28, we started injecting nitrogen gas into the
  Primary Containment Vessel.
- From 6:00 pm on October 28, we put the gas management system of the
  reactor containment vessel in operation.
- At 10:46 am on December 1, we started the nitrogen injection to the
  Reactor Pressure Vessel. 
Unit 3 (Shut down) 
- Explosive sound and white smoke were confirmed at approximately 11:01 am
  on March 14. It was assumed to be hydrogen explosion.
- At 6:02 pm on March 25, we started injecting fresh water to the reactor
  and are now injecting fresh water by a motor driven pump powered by the
  off-site transmission line.
- At 2:58 pm on September 1, we started water injection by core spray
  system in addition to water injection by the reactor feed water system
  piping arrangement. 
  The current water injection volume is approx 2.8 m3/h from the reactor
  feed water system and approx. 5.8 m3/h from the core spray system.
- At 7:47 pm on June 30, we started cyclic cooling for the water in the
  spent fuel pool by an alternative cooling equipment of the Fuel Pool
  Cooling and Filtering System.
- At 8:01 pm on July 14, injection of nitrogen gas into the Primary
  Containment Vessel started. 
- At 4:26 pm on November 30, we started operation to inject nitrogen into
  the reactor pressure vessel. 
Unit 4 (Outage due to regular inspection) 
- At around 6 am on March 15, we confirmed the explosive sound and the
  sustained damage around the 5th floor rooftop area of Reactor Building.
- At 12:44 pm on July 31, we started cyclic cooling for the water in the
  spent fuel pool by an alternative cooling equipment of the Fuel Pool
  Cooling and Filtering System.
- At 10:58 am on November 29, in order to decrease more salinity, we
  installed Ion exchange equipment and started the operation of such
  equipment.
- At this moment, we don't think there is any reactor coolant leakage
  inside the primary containment vessel. 
Unit 5 (Outage due to regular inspection) 
- Sufficient level of reactor coolant to ensure safety is maintained.
- At 5:00 am on March 19, we started the Residual Heat Removal System Pump
  in order to cool the spent fuel pool.
- At 2:30 pm on March 20, the reactor achieved cold shutdown.
- At 2:45 pm on July 15, we started the operation of the original Residual
  Heat Removal System (System B) by its original seawater pump.
- At this moment, we don't think there is any reactor coolant leakage
  inside the primary containment vessel. 
Unit 6 (Outage due to regular inspection) 
- Sufficient level of reactor coolant to ensure safety is maintained.
- At 10:14 pm on March 19, we started the Residual Heat Removal System
  Pump of Unit 6 to cool down Spent Fuel Pool.
- At 7:27 pm on March 20, the reactor achieved cold shutdown. 
- At 2:33 pm on September 15, we started separately cooling the reactor
  through the Residual Heat Removal System and the spent fuel pool through
  Equipment Cooling Water System and Fuel Pool Cooling System.
- At this moment, we do not think there is any reactor coolant leakage
  inside PCV. 
Others 
- At around 10 am on June 13, we started the operation of the circulating
  seawater purification facility installed at the screen area of Unit 2
  and 3.
- At 8 pm on June 17, we started operation of Water Treatment Facility
  against the accumulated water. At 6:00 pm on July 2, we started the
  circulating injection cooling to inject the water, which was treated by
  the accumulated water treatment system, to the reactors through the
  buffer tank.
- At 7:41 pm on August 19, we started treatment of accumulated water by
  parallel operation of one line from the cesium adsorption instrument to
  the decontamination instrument and the other treatment line of the
  cesium adsorption instrument No.2. 
- At 2:06 pm on October 7, we started to spray purified accumulated water
  brought from Unit 5 and 6 continually in order to prevent dust
  scattering and potential fire outbreaks from the cut down trees.
- On October 28, we started installation of the water proof wall at the
  sea side, in front of the existing shore protection, Units 1-4, in order
  to contain marine pollution by underground water.
- At 12:25 pm on December 13, we started the re-circulating operation of
  desalination facility (reverse osmosis membrane type) for the purpose of
  suppression of condensed water after desalination treatment.
- At 10:00 am on December 18, during the patrol activity, a TEPCO employee 
  found an accumulated water in the trench located between the process 
  main building of Centralized Radiation Waste Treatment Facility and 
  Miscellaneous Solid Waste Volume Reduction Treatment Building (High 
  Temperature Incinerator Building). The depth of the water was estimated 
  to be 50 cm and the amount was to be 125 m3. The radiation dose at the 
  water surface was 3 mSv/h (provisional value). As no radioactive 
  materials have been detected during the last sampling survey of sub 
  drain water near the trench, the source of the accumulated water is 
  estimated to be the ground water or dew condensation water. We will 
  continue our investigation of the water source and sampling survey of 
  the water in the trench. 
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